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Originally Posted by Jimko
Since the topic of goggles and oxygen masks came up earlier in this thread, I'd like to ask a question.
I didn't notice until I studied the picture of Sanford Tuck in the Hurricane, but what is the additional attachment to his goggles...a type of sunglasses that are attached to the goggles? I've never noticed this before.
(You can plainly see his oxygen mask hanging forward from his helmet 'loom' assembly and I like the ever-present mask as it usually contained the radio xmtr, as someone pointed out earlier. Pilots would hold the mask over their faces to talk even if they weren't wearing it full time. The mask and bulk of the Mae West contribute to the pilot 'look', IMO.)
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interesting picture
it looks indeed like a small pair of sunglasses attached to the goggles, which can be flipped up and out of the way when not needed. i suspect it is a personal pilots "mod" to better be able to look for the "hun in the sun", but i have never noticed it before in other historical photo's